15. Now during the feast, the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner, anyone they wanted.
16. At that time they had a notorious prisoner, called Yeshua Bar-Abba.
17. So when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Which one do you want me to release for you? Yeshua who is Bar-Abba, or Yeshua who is called Messiah?”